Where a crews are batttling a massive apartment fire. Good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. Im Deborah Souverain deborah weve gotten word thathe fire broke out around 10 am in sloan. At the prairie apartments on buckley street. As you can see here theres quite a bit of smoke billowing out of the building. Wewee told that reredents were evacuated. Andnd are currrrtly taking shelter at a nearby church. Abc 9 reporter scene of the she tells us two people have been taken by ambulance due to unspecified injuries. Deborah bria is joining us live via phone to describe whats gong on there. Hi bria. What can you tell us . You told us two people were taken by ambulance. Any word on their injuries . Do we know how many people were evacuated from happened not too long ago. But do officials know how the fire started . Alright, thank how the fire started . Alright, thank you bria. And well bring you more information on this developing story as it comes in. On this developing story as i
Today, our snow should be over with. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings continue through 9 oclock this morning. There are some slick roads so make sure youre driving cautiously temperatures are in the upper teens and lower 20s. The dayplanner shows that temperatures are going to stay in the lower 20s through most of the and iowa dot has some tips to share with drivers that will allow highways to be plowed more efficiently. We do the primary highways so in this area that would be interstate 29, us20, us75 and iowa 12, said schultz. Winter storms have hit the siouxland area and iowa dot would like drivers to utilize some safety precaustions before deciding to travel on snowy roads. The Department Says that for everyones sake, it would be best not to be on the roads if you dont have to. Travel when the better, but if you do come across the snow plows. Give them plenty of space, said schultz. Dakin schultz also drive slow because visibility for snow plow operators is limit
Snow Removal Companies look foward to weather like this. Nats and siouxland kids on break from school. Get a fun way to get moving. Jenna good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im jenna rehnstrom, tim haas the night off. Winter storm warnings have been peeled away from todays storm. But low visibilities and snowcovered roads may still make travel difficult tonight. Our abc9 meteorologist elisa raffa went on a ride along with sioux city police, monitoring road conditions. Shes live outside right now. Jenna elisa, whats it like out there now. Elisa live jenna, it is still snowing a bit out here, winds are blustery and its cold. Roads are still slick. The good news in all of this . It seems that people heeded both meteorologists and Police Another one for the books. A winter storm warning was in effect all day monday as another storm sweeped through siouxland. Low visibility and slick roads hampered travel, but luckily not many major accidents were reported. On an average winte
After Sioux Falls Police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel. Lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city. The arrests are part of the Sioux Falls Police departments campaign against human trafficking. And officers often use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 burned breakfast is to blamam for some terryfing moments in sloan this morning. As two people had to jump from their apartment complex window to escape a fire. Our Jetske Wauran reports on whats being done to help those affected by this mornings fire. 3 15 people are without a home after that fire broke out at the prairie apaptments right behindndand the sloan fire chief tells, the cause of the fire unattended cooking materials. richard moore, pastor at evangelical Covenant Church we saw flames coming out of the second story apartments. Firefighters battled the blaze that broke out at this apartment tuesday, in the 300t
3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 millions of people in thiriren states along the Rising Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous floods. After days of downpours. The unusual weather pattern hit missouri hard. C b s news correspondent don champion shows us how much of the state is under water. 3 sot gov. Jay Nixon D Missouri missouri is in the dangerous flooding event. Missouri governor jay nixon called in the National Guard as the state grapples with deadly flooding. Volunteers throughout saint louis